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NOTES OF A BOTANIST CM A I'.
Reached Guayaquil this morning. From this date
to the end of the year at Guayaquil trying to
redeem some of my lost property.
At 1 1 A.M. embarked on board the steamer for Peru.
Reached Payta at 9 A.M. Hired mules, and at 6 P.M.
started to cross the desert by night.
Reached Piura (48 miles) at 10 A.M.
From this date I remained at Piura until the loth of
October. When, in consequence of rains in the
Andes, the dried-up bed of the river became overflowed
(March 14) and ran with a considerable
stream to the sea for a few months, a scanty
vegetation appeared on its banks,
of which I
secured specimens.
Travelled from Piura back to Payta.
From Payta to Amotape on the river Chira.
From this date until the end of the year on the river
Chira; until December 22 at the village of
Amotape, afterwards at Monte Abierto, higher
up the valley.
This day returned to Amotape.
Remained there through the following months until
April 20, then journeyed to Payta by way of
Colan.
Rest of month at Payta.
Embarked for
steamer.
England on board the Pacific mail-
Reached Panama, 6 P.M.
Across the Isthmus.
Sailed.
This morning landed at Southampton, after an
absence from England of 15 years all but 10 days.
To Mr, George Bentha in
DAULE, NEAR GUAYAQUIL, March 9, 1861.
My mode of working is this. When I bring
I make notes on
home freshly -gathered plants,
them in books prepared for the purpose, and add
numbers. If any plant seems strange to me, I
keep flowers, etc., in water to await a spare interval